Shari Darling is the syndicated radio and newspaper columnist, The
Sophisticated Wino. She has worked as a wine columnist for Sunmedia for
over 10 years.

Shari has written several books on food and wine, including Wine Pairing
Club: Harmony On The Palate. Harmony celebrates breakthrough principles
in pairing wine with food, along with simple recipes and matching wine
notes. She is the creator of the Icewine Flavour Wheel and The Canadian
Wine Wheel, learning tools used to educate food and wine lovers about
Canadian wine. Her books are used in chef and sommelier training at
colleges and universities across Canada.

In 2009 her cookbook called Orgasmic Appetizers was awarded Best Food
and Wine Pairing Cookbook in Canada at the Gourmand World Cookbook
Awards in Paris France.

Shari was co-host of the national TV series, Simply Wine and Cheese with
the late Al Waxman. She was also the regular "resident wine expert" on
the national daily TV show Homestyle with Anne Kennedy. Author,
co-author and ghostwriter, Shari has written eight books, two of which
were best sellers. Five of these books celebrate food and wine pairing.
For her books, Shari has been interviewed on news and lifestyle programs
throughout Canada, such as Dini Petty, Breakfast TV, WTN Weekday,
Canadian Living Magazine TV, Global News, CFTO News, CTV News and many
more.

Current wine related activities

Shari Darling is a standing member of the Wine Writer's Circle of
Canada. She is CEO of Understand Publishing, an indi-publishing house
producing books on wine, food and other related topics.

Shari has written the wine and food column for the Peterborough Examiner
for over a decade, as well as countless articles for newspapers and
magazines.